The title character of Ranma ½ does this several times, absentmindedly (he was more interested in looking at some photos), during his first real duel with the bokuto-wielding Tatewaki Kuno. The latter is extremely irked at Ranma's nonchalant dodging, claiming Ranma isn't taking him seriously (which is absolutely right).

Bleach: Although the manga itself never uses this trope, the anime does when creating filler. One of the classic examples is during the penultimate fight between Byakuya and Kouga during the Zanpakutou Unknown Tales filler arc. Both fighters force their opponent to undergo minor versions of this trope at various times, all done in slow motion and shown from very artistic angles.

Films — Live-Action

The Bride in Kill Bill vol. 1, in her fight with Gogo and later the Crazy 88.

Popularized by Neo's bullet dodging sequence in The Matrix. The sheer number of times this particular variation has been parodied itself is enough to warrant its own article. Why this trope wasn't titled "Neo Limbo" is a mystery in itself.

Two melee examples occur in The Matrix Reloaded. The first, more a matter of dodging fists, occurs during the "Burly Brawl" battle where a ring of Smiths all bend out of the way when Neo swings at them (From the Knox voiceover: "Limbo!"). The second more appropriate example is seen in the Chateau fight, where several enemies use kamas, swords and maces all at once against The One. Neo ducks under every swing.

Kahlan and Cara do this all the goddamn time. It turns out that when you have magic and you're fighting mooks with swords and all you're armed with is daggers or an Agiel, this is the proper way to not be exsanguinated. For those who don't know, an Agiel is a torture device that looks like a cheap dildo. We have no idea either, but it certainly doesn't have reach on swords or polearms.

Sisters of the Light and Sisters of the Dark occasionally do this, often against Richard.

Not a sword, but in the first episode of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Phil Coulson leans backward to avoid being hit by the flying door of van propelled at high speed by a metahuman with Super Strength.

Music Videos

OK GO's "A Million Ways" throws one of these into its choreography, complete with impersonated bullet time.

Pro Wrestling

Though they're dodging fists instead of swords, WWE Divas Trish Stratus and Melina both use this style of dodge frequently, and a few male superstars (Rey Mysterio Jr and Jeff Hardy most notably) have used versions of it once in a while.

Mixed martial artist Ta'Darius Thomas, perhaps best known as a wrestler for his run in Ring of Honor, will use matrix evasions to transition into moves.

Video Games

This is a standard dodge animation of trolls in Neverwinter Nights, both more justified than normal in that they can bend much farther backwards than humans, and less justified in that they may do this even if you're using a downwards slash that you can clearly see going right through them.

Dawn of War 2 opening. Performed by an Eldar Banshee to evade a fuckhueg chainsword.

Pulled of by Thane if he's still alive to fight KaiLeng, in a particularly awesome confrontation between two assassins. Thane can't pull it off the second time, however.

In Futurama: Bender's Big Score!, Hermes shows off his skills by literally limbo dancing under a sword. It's subverted when he gets his head severed by the other sword that was mounted on one of those sword/shield/wall mount thingies.

Zuko to Jet in "City of Walls and Secrets" — in a "Making Of" special, Bryan Konietzko and Sifu Kisu were doing a motion-reference for the Sword Fight between Jet and Zuko (Bryan was Jet, Kisu was Zuko) and they did this part in slow-mo (as in they intentionally did it very slow to show of the rate of time; Bryan even had a blade of grass in his mouth).

Sokka in "Sokka's Master", as shown above.

Real Life

While this can be done in real fencing or other styles of sword combat, it's generally not advisable. This is because it pretty much involves leaving your entire upper body open to attack if it doesn't work. That, coupled with the fact that it's pretty easy to predict and thus compensate for, gives you a move that rarely works and very inefficient... but looks awesome.

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